Download or read book Murderer s Vanity an Amos Lee Mappin Mystery written by Amos Lee Mappin and published by Coachwhip Publications. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crime author Amos Lee Mappin gives a radio interview that catches the ear of a would-be killer, setting up a deadly game of cat and mouse. Will a murder go unnoticed while a psychopath freely walks the streets? Mappin must use all of his wits to piece together a bare handful of clues. Murder will out . . . or will it? Murderer's Vanity was published in 1940.
Download or read book The Murder That Had Everything an Amos Lee Mappin Mystery written by Hulbert Footner and published by Coachwhip Publications. This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rene Doria disappears just as he is to marry into wealthy society. Amos Lee Mappin is engaged by the hysterical bride-to-be, and soon stumbles into a murder case with puzzling ties to the past. There are plenty of clues and numerous suspects in this wry look at the upper class and America's infatuation with fame. The Murder That Had Everything! was published in 1939.
Download or read book The Death of a Celebrity an Amos Lee Mappin Mystery written by Hulbert Footner and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-05 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At least five people wished Gavin Dordress, the playwright, dead the night of his ill-starred party. It was that night Gail Garrett and Bea Townley quarreled openly for the leading role in his new play-which no one had read. The next morning he was found shot to death, a chessman imprinted on his forehead, and nearby a letter of farewell that sounded suspiciously like one of his stage characters speaking. The police called it suicide. But Cynthia Dordress and Lee Mappin called it murder. For weeks suspense rode high. Then a new and amazing clue sped a seemingly hopeless hunt to a thrilling finish. The Death of a Celebrity was published in 1938.
Download or read book Murderer s Vanity written by Hulbert Footner and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Murderer's Vanity" by Hulbert Footner. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book The Death of a Celebrity written by Hulbert Footner and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At least five people wished Gavin Dordress, the playwright, dead the night of his ill-starred party. It was that night Gail Garrett and Bea Townley quarreled openly for the leading role in his new play - which no one had read. The next morning he was found shot to death, a chessman imprinted on his forehead, and nearby a letter of farewell that sounded suspiciously like one of his stage characters speaking. The police called it suicide. But Cynthia Dordress and Amos Lee Mappin called it murder. For weeks suspense rode high. Then a new and amazing clue sped a seemingly hopeless hunt to a thrilling finish.
Download or read book Unneutral Murder an Amos Lee Mappin Mystery written by Hulbert Footner and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-08 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Criminologist Lee Mappin and assistant travel to Portugal during WWII to distribute a new secret code for the Allies and to help on the Underground Railroad smuggling freedom-loving Germans out of Nazi Germany. But the Gestapo has spies everywhere, and investigation of a murder close to home is hindered by the Portuguese authorities' need to remain neutral parties. With new friends, Mappin builds a case against the murderers while helping enemies of der Fuehrer secure passage to liberty. Unneutral Murder was published in 1944.
Download or read book Orchids to Murder an Amos Lee Mappin Mystery written by Hulbert Footner and published by Coachwhip Publications. This book was released on 2014-08-29 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amos Lee Mappin is visited by the surly and self-centered Major Dunphy, dependent on his beautiful actress granddaughter, Mary Stannard. Mary has disappeared, and the detective soon discovers that she has stood up her wedding party. More than one man was infatuated with Mary, and Mappin finds several threads and multiple clues that must be resolved before he discovers what really happened to Mary Stannard. Orchids to Murder was published in 1945.
Download or read book Death of a Saboteur an Amos Lee Mappin Mystery written by Hulbert Footner and published by Coachwhip Publications. This book was released on 2014-10-27 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crime author and occasional detective Amos Lee Mappin has entered the war effort as an undercover investigator, trying to infiltrate a spy ring. A shooting doesn't help matters, and Mappin must scramble to maintain his cover while keeping the police in the dark about his mission. A dangerous new foe enters the fray and friends end up in peril as Mappin is forced to play out the game of cat-and-mouse to an exciting finish. Death of a Saboteur was published in 1943.
Download or read book Orchids to Murder An Amos Lee Mappin Mystery written by Hulbert Footner and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lee Mappin investigates the disappearance of a close friend, who went missing minutes before her wedding. An added poignancy, this was Mr. Footner's last book. It was published after his death, with a eulogy by his friend Christopher Morley.
Download or read book Who Killed the Husband written by Hulbert Footner and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jules Gartrey, a prominent banker, is killed in his apartment and the police have Al Yohe in their sights. Crime writer and occasional detective Amos Lee Mappin finds himself corralled into investigating by his staff and Yohe’s young bride. Mappin soon finds that this there are plenty of suspects, but Yohe is still at the top of the list.
Download or read book The Nation s Missing Guest an Amos Lee Mappin Mystery written by Hulbert Footner and published by Coachwhip Publications. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheik Ahmed bin Said arrives in the United States with his British bride-to-be and her overbearing mother, amid political machinations between France and Britain as they jostle for control of his country, Shihkar, and plotting by his devious stepbrother. Ahmed asks his old Oxford chum, Luke Imbrie, to travel to Washington DC with him as he performs his political obligations, but chaos ensues when Ahmed (and a million dollars in jewels) disappears from the train. Author and investigator Amos Lee Mappin is called in investigate, following twists and turns as he examines suspects while directing the search for the missing Sheik. The Nation's Missing Guest was published in 1939.
Download or read book The Death of a Celebrity written by Hulbert Footner and published by . This book was released on 2020-02 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At least five people wished Gavin Dordress, the playwright, dead the night of his ill-starred party. It was that night Gail Garrett and Bea Townley quarreled openly for the leading role in his new play-which no one had read. The next morning he was found shot to death, a chessman imprinted on his forehead, and nearby a letter of farewell that sounded suspiciously like one of his stage characters speaking. The police called it suicide. But Cynthia Dordress and Lee Mappin called it murder. For weeks suspense rode high. Then a new and amazing clue sped a seemingly hopeless hunt to a thrilling finish.
Download or read book The UNIX haters Handbook written by Simson Garfinkel and published by John Wiley & Sons Incorporated. This book was released on 1994 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for all people who are forced to use UNIX. It is a humorous book--pure entertainment--that maintains that UNIX is a computer virus with a user interface. It features letters from the thousands posted on the Internet's "UNIX-Haters" mailing list. It is not a computer handbook, tutorial, or reference. It is a self-help book that will let readers know they are not alone.
Download or read book A Companion to Crime Fiction written by Charles J. Rzepka and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-07-13 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day A collection of forty-seven newly commissioned essays from a team of leading scholars across the globe make this Companion the definitive guide to crime fiction Follows the development of the genre from its origins in the eighteenth century through to its phenomenal present day popularity Features full-length critical essays on the most significant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle and Dashiell Hammett to Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese exploring the ways in which they have shaped and influenced the field Includes extensive references to the most up-to-date scholarship, and a comprehensive bibliography
Download or read book Murder for Pleasure written by Howard Haycraft and published by Dover Publications. This book was released on 2019-02-13 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Genuinely fascinating reading."—The New York Times Book Review "Diverting and patently authoritative."—The New Yorker "Grand and fascinating … a history, a compendium and a critical study all in one, and all first rate."—Rex Stout "A landmark … a brilliant study written with charm and authority."—Ellery Queen "This book is of permanent value. It should be on the shelf of every reader of detective stories."—Erle Stanley Gardner Author Howard Haycraft, an expert in detective fiction, traces the genre's development from the 1840s through the 1940s. Along the way, he charts the innovations of Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, and Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as the modern influence of George Simenon, Josephine Tey, and others. Additional topics include a survey of the critical literature, a detective story quiz, and a Who's Who in Detection.
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